PROCEEDINGS AND ADDRESSES 



IN COMMEMORATION OP 



THE SERVICES OF LOUIS AGASSIZ 



To the Cornell University and to Science. 



Among the events of most lasting interest that marked the seven- 

 teenth Commencement of Cornell University was the unveiling of 

 the tablet placed in the Founders Chapel by the Trustees of the 

 University in memory of Louis Agassiz. The exercises were held 

 in Sage Chapel, on Wednesday afternoon. The account of the pro- 

 ceedings which follows is unfortunately incomplete, inasmuch as 

 the remarks of Mr. James Hall, and ex-Governor Alex. W. Rice 

 were delivered without notes, and as no stenographic reporter was 

 present they have not been preserved. 



In opening the proceedings, President White alluded to the 

 great services rendered by Professor Agassiz in the early days of 

 the University. He stated that among those of whom he took 

 counsel frequently regarding the organization of scientific instruc- 

 tion and the claims of candidates, Agassiz was most helpful. 



At the opening of the University in 1868, Professor Agassiz was 

 present and made one of the speeches upon theoccasion, entering 

 most heartily into the new enterprise, pledging it his support, and 

 giving most valuable hints on its proper line of development. Im- 

 mediately after he began a course of twenty lectures before very 

 large audiences including nearly all of the student body. They 

 made a deep impression upon all who heard them, and gave a 

 strong impulse to scientific study and research which has literally 

 remained a power for good in the University from that day to this. 



Many of the young men who received that impulse in Agassiz's 

 lecture room at that time are now occupying Professorships at Cor- 



